diff --git a/influxdb/line_protocol.py b/influxdb/line_protocol.py
index 25dd2ad7..ab129fea 100644
--- a/influxdb/line_protocol.py
+++ b/influxdb/line_protocol.py
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ def _convert_timestamp(timestamp, precision=None):
 def _escape_tag(tag):
     tag = _get_unicode(tag, force=True)
     return tag.replace(
-        "\\", "\\\\"
-    ).replace(
         " ", "\\ "
     ).replace(
         ",", "\\,"
@@ -82,7 +80,6 @@ def _escape_tag_value(value):
 def quote_ident(value):
     """Indent the quotes."""
     return "\"{}\"".format(value
-                           .replace("\\", "\\\\")
                            .replace("\"", "\\\"")
                            .replace("\n", "\\n"))
 
@@ -90,7 +87,6 @@ def quote_ident(value):
 def quote_literal(value):
     """Quote provided literal."""
     return "'{}'".format(value
-                         .replace("\\", "\\\\")
                          .replace("'", "\\'"))
 
 
diff --git a/influxdb/tests/test_line_protocol.py b/influxdb/tests/test_line_protocol.py
index 5b344990..1e3a4825 100644
--- a/influxdb/tests/test_line_protocol.py
+++ b/influxdb/tests/test_line_protocol.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def test_make_lines(self):
 
         self.assertEqual(
             line_protocol.make_lines(data),
-            'test,backslash_tag=C:\\\\,integer_tag=2,string_tag=hello '
+            'test,backslash_tag=C:\\,integer_tag=2,string_tag=hello '
             'bool_val=True,float_val=1.1,int_val=1i,string_val="hello!"\n'
         )
 
@@ -160,14 +160,14 @@ def test_quote_ident(self):
         """Test quote indentation in TestLineProtocol object."""
         self.assertEqual(
             line_protocol.quote_ident(r"""\foo ' bar " Örf"""),
-            r'''"\\foo ' bar \" Örf"'''
+            r'''"\foo ' bar \" Örf"'''
         )
 
     def test_quote_literal(self):
         """Test quote literal in TestLineProtocol object."""
         self.assertEqual(
             line_protocol.quote_literal(r"""\foo ' bar " Örf"""),
-            r"""'\\foo \' bar " Örf'"""
+            r"""'\foo \' bar " Örf'"""
         )
 
     def test_float_with_long_decimal_fraction(self):